Mika Godbole returns to talk about attending Rowan University (NJ) for her master’s, studying orchestral music and taking auditions, and moving her focus to chamber music (03:25), attending Rutgers University (NJ) for her doctorate, her research on Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians, timpani talk, teaching at York College (PA) and her early freelancing, and how the pandemic allowed her to recalibrate her life (14:45), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on marimba performance, our favorite pop music, marching and indoor percussion, percussion conferences, Indian food, great movies, and so much more (35:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2025 film No Other Choice (01:09:00).

Mika Godbole Links:

Part 1 with Mika Godbole

William Paterson University Percussion Faculty

Mantra Percussion page

NJ PAS Facebook page

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Megan Arns in 2017

Julia Gaines-Montag in 2016

Clif Walker in 2021

She-e Wu in 2025

Evan Chapman in 2019

Other Links:

Dean Witten

Alan Abel

Markus Rhoten

So Percussion Summer Institute

Joseph Tompkins

Chris Deviney

Music for 18 Musicians - Steve Reich

NEXUS

Marc Mellits

Doug Perkins

“Thank You (____)” - Jason Treuting

“Englishman in New York” - Sting

“Big Time” - Peter Gabriel

“They Won’t Go When I Go” - Stevie Wonder

“Black Dog” - Led Zeppelin

“Forty Six & 2” - TOOL

“Killing in the Name” - Rage Against the Machine

“The Scythe” - The Last Dinner Party

“Classical” - Vampire Weekend

“oceania” - Björk

The Sandlot trailer

…Say Anything trailer

Batman & Robin trailer

The Love Guru trailer

The Lord of the Rings 25th Anniversary trailer

All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque

“Kinder than Man” - Althea Davis

Raves:

No Other Choice trailer

Educator, Freelancer, Vice President of the New Jersey Percussive Arts Society, and PAS New Music/Research member Mika Godbole stops by to talk about her adjunct position at William Paterson University (NJ) (03:55), her freelancing career and working as a member of the Mantra Percussion Sextet (20:00), her roles with the Percussive Arts Society (39:40), growing up in India and outside of Philadelphia and her early percussion teachers (54:50), and studying at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for her undergrad, working with Gary Olmstead and Jack Stamp, and her gap year as a young adult in Mumbai (01:05:25).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2025 documentary film It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley (01:22:40).

Mika Godbole Links:

William Paterson University’s Percussion Studio page

Mantra Percussion page

New Jersey PAS Chapter page

Previous Podcast guests mentioned:

Megan Arns in 2017

Casey Cangelosi in 2017

She-e Wu in 2025

Alexandros Fragiskatos in 2021

Karli Viña in 2022

I-Jen Fang in 2023

Bonnie Whiting in 2020

Frank Kumor in 2025

Other Links:

Fabio Oliveira

“Timber” - Michael Gordon

Bang on a Can

MASS MoCA

Red Poppy Music

Piano Sonata Op. 111 - L.V. Beethoven

Jack Stamp

Gary Olmstead

Christopher Hanning

“Ol’ Man River” - Paul Robeson

Raves:

It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley trailer

Percussionist, Composer, and Professor of Music at the University of Quebec at Montreal Gina Ryan stops by to talk about her teaching activities in Montreal (04:30), working with Sixtrum Percussion Ensemble and Triolet Percussion Group, and her percussion freelancing and composing activities (14:45), growing up in Newfoundland, Canada, creating the “Gina Ryan Summer Percussion Camp”, her connections to members of NEXUS and Michael Colgrass, her other high school activities, and traveling to France (31:40), her college years in Newfoundland and Toronto, doing a residency at Banff, and working for the train company (51:25), moving to Montreal, her graduate school time at McGill (Canada), and returning to Newfoundland to get a second bachelor’s degree (01:07:15), living and teaching in Thailand for a decade (01:22:50), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on great food, good and bad movies, great books, Karaoke, and inspiring art (01:40:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2025 film Hamnet (02:07:50).

Gina Ryan Links:

Gina Ryan’s website

Triolet

Sixtrum Percussion

Gina Ryan’s YouTube page

The Thailand International Percussion Festival

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Triolet in 2026

Victoria Sparks in 2018

Kristie Ibrahim in 2024

Aiyun Huang in 2023

Other Links:

Fabrice Marandola

Canadian Percussion Network

100 Guitars - Tim Brady

NEXUS

Beverley Johnston

John Wyre

Michael Colgrass

Avalon Peninsula Trails

The Baschet Brothers

D’Arcy Gray

Charlene Ryan

Trevor Grahl

The Godfather trailer

Trolls trailer

Christmas with the Kranks trailer

Father of the Bride trailer

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats - Jan-Philipp Sendker

Flannery - Lisa Moore

The Rocky Horror Picture Show trailer

The Marginalian

“Don’t Speak” - No Doubt

“Creep” - Radiohead

Red Poppy Ladies’ Percussion Ensemble

Raves:

Hamnet - Maggie O’Farrell

Hamnet trailer

Triolet Percussion Group (Kristie Ibrahim, Gina Ryan, and Victoria Sparks) stop by to talk about their performance of Jessie Marino’s “The Flower Episode” at PASIC50 (04:15), the Canadian Percussion Network, the Space Between conferences, and more about how Triolet got together as a group (21:30), and updates with the new building at Victoria’s University of Manitoba, as well as updates with Kristie and Gina and the Sixtrum and Strasbourg Percussion Groups (46:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1997 film Selena (54:50).

Triolet Links:

Triolet’s PASIC50 page

Triolet’s webpage

Kristie Ibrahim on the podcast in 2024

Victoria Sparks on the podcast in 2016

Victoria Sparks on the podcast in 2018

Gina Ryan’s website

The Canadian Percussion Network’s website

Previous podcast guest mentioned:

Michael Schutz in 2025

Other links:

Fabrice Marandola

Sixtrum Percussion

Les Percussions de Strasbourg

Michael Gordon

Transplanted Roots Percussion Research Symposium

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Raves:

Selena Trailer

Frequent Pete’s Percussion Podcast guest Lamon Lawhorn returns to the podcast to talk about his participation with the M-Boom Tribute Ensemble at PASIC50 this past November (03:20), his path to getting onto the PAS Board of Directors, dealing with feedback received about PASIC applications, the responsibilities of the job, and how to get more involved (26:50), his position as Director of Percussion Studies at Virginia State University and the move from his success at North Carolina A&T (45:25), and his comments on the 2025 Dallas Cowboys and the music and culture that is inspiring him today (01:14:25).

Finishing with a Rave on Mary Roach’s 2003 nonfiction book Stiff (01:33:15).

Lamon Lawhorn links:

Lamon Lawhorn’s Virginia State Page

Lamon Lawhorn’s Website

Lamon Lawhorn’s previous Podcast appearances:

Lamon Lawhorn in Episode 35

Lamon Lawhorn in Episode 67

Lamon Lawhorn in Episode 216

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Thomas Taylor in 2025

Donnie Johns in 2021

Marcia McCants in 2025

Sean Daniels in 2024

Joshua Simonds in 2022

Megan Arns in 2017

Karli Viña in 2022

Nathan Siegel in 2025

Bill Shaltis in 2017

Andrew Eldridge in 2022

Brian Zator in 2017

Casey Cangelosi in 2017

Justin Alexander in 2020

Other Links:

Joe Chambers

Ethan Strickland

Max Roach

Don Parker

Michael Burritt

Ju Percussion Group

Malcolm Jackson

NEXUS

Percussions de Strasbourg

Eric C. Hughes

Chris Hanning

Gene Koshinski

NCPP National Equipment Standards

Annie Stevens

Marlon Foster

Jack DeJohnette

Damion Reid

Robert Glasper

Terreon Gully

No Limit vs. Cash Money

Mel Robbins and Jason Wilson

Raves:

Stiff - Mary Roach

Bandleader, Percussionist, Arts Administrator, Clinician and Speaker Drew Tucker stops by to talk about the PASIC50 Panel he participated on about Percussion and Dance (05:00), his position as Director of Jazz Road at South Arts, supporting jazz artists, freelancing and getting involved, and the grant process (21:40), growing up in Boca Raton (FL), getting into music and DCI, and more about his music education (50:20), his college years and how his early career moved forward (01:11:30), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on developing musicianship in percussionists early on, adventures in cooking, superhero movies, and memorable performances (01:29:35).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 documentary Shari & Lamb Chop (02:01:30).

Drew Tucker links:

Drew Tucker’s website

South Arts

Jazz Road

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Alexandros Fragiskatos in 2021

Joshua Simonds in 2022

Eriko Daimo in 2025

Other Links:

Sarah Reich

Cory Wong

Ray Donato

311 Tiny Desk Concert

Blue Devils 1994 show

Magic of Orlando 1995

“Señor Mouse” - Chick Corea and Gary Burton

Nancy Zeltsman

“When Doves Cry” - Prince

“Toxic” - Britney Spears

“Head Over Heels” - Tears for Fears

“Sword of Whispers” - Joe Locke

“Dat Dere” - Stefon Harris

Andromeda Turre

The Incredibles trailer

Godzilla Minus One trailer

The Art of Possibility - Ben Zander

Surrounded by Idiots - Thomas Erikson

“Someday My Prince Will Come” - Jake Chapman

PlexusPlay and Matt DiBiase

Raves:

Shari & Lamb Chop website

Pusch Ridge Christian Academy (AZ) Director of Percussion Activities and Tuscon-based Freelancer Liz Soflin stops by to talk about her PASIC50 performance of Stuart Saunders Smith’s “By Language Embellished, I…” (04:30), her career in Arizona and more about her freelancing and college teaching (15:30), growing up in Michigan, her beginnings in percussion, and getting involved and drama club and acting (26:35), her undergrad years at the University of Central Michigan and learning from Andrew Spencer (37:00), her masters years at UT-Knoxville and learning from a variety of teachers (46:40), going to the University of Arizona for her doctorate, learning from Norman Weinberg, and establishing her connections with Stuart Saunders Smith (55:40), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments about being a woman in the percussion field, the Tuscon Saguaros, the movies Jaws and Cats, a lot of great books, midwestern food, being a Karaoke DJ, and the Museum of Modern Art in NYC (01:10:40).

Finishing with a Rave on Lenny Wilkens’ 2000 book Unguarded: My Forty Years Surviving in the N.B.A. (01:40:40).

Liz Soflin Links:

Liz Soflin’s Black Swamp Percussion page

Liz Soflin’s Instagram page

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Nathan Daughtrey in 2021

Andy Bliss in 2023

Norman Weinberg in 2017

Ivan Trevino in 2022

Other Links:

Stuart Saunders Smith

Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov

“Peeping Tom” - Dan Senn

Sierra Vista Symphony

The Curious Savage - John Patrick

Lady Windermere’s Fan - Oscar Wilde

Andrew Spencer

David Gillingham

Dave Hollinden

“Limerick Daydreams” - Nathan Daughtrey

“Chameleon Music” - Dan Welcher

“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka

“Niagara Falls” - Michael Daugherty

Nief-Norf

John Mackey

Morris Palter

Matthew Burtner

Threads - Paul Lansky

“Bloom” - Ivan Trevino

“Songs I-IX” - Stuard Saunders Smith

Call the Midwife trailer

“Three Winter Carols” - Stuart Saunders Smith

“The Authors” - Stuart Saunders Smith

“To the Earth” - Frederick Rzewski

Tucson Saguaros

Jaws (50th Anniversary) trailer

The Stand - Stephen King

The Running Man - Stephen King

The Running Man (1987) trailer

Creativity Inc. - Ed Catmull

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton

Big Magic - Elizabeth Gilbert

Writing Poetry from the Inside Out - Sandford Lyne

On Writing - Stephen King

“Separate Ways” - Journey

“Me and Bobby McGee” - Janis Joplin

Eugene Novotney

The Museum of Modern Art (NYC)

“The Starry Night” - Vincent van Gogh

Raves:

Unguarded - Lenny Wilkens (with Terry Pluto)

University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Percussion Professor Francis Favis stops by to talk about his recent PASIC50 Performance during the New Music/Research session (04:05), his job at UTRGV, the unusual school setup, and mariachi music in south Texas (18:20), growing up in Bloomington Normal (IL), his family’s deep musical roots, early memories of playing drumset, marching band years, and working the school’s computer help desk at his high school (38:30), attending Illinois State for undergrad (52:30), George Mason University (VA) for his master’s (01:01:35), the University of Texas at Austin for his doctorate and the OU/UT football rivalry (01:12:50), his first job at Tarleton State University (TX) (01:28:45), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on performance, great Filipino food, great and terrible movies, science fiction books and movies, Radiohead, and the dangers of turning pages (01:35:30).

Finishing with a Rave of appreciation of the life of musician Raul Malo (02:01:40).

Francis Favis links:

Francis Favis’ Innovative Percussion Page

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Megan Arns in 2017

Julia Gaines-Montag in 2016

Troy Hall in 2020

Clif Walker in 2021

Andy Bliss in 2023

Gary Westbrook in 2017

Ivan Trevino in 2022

Tom Burritt in 2021

Marco Schirripa in 2022

Andy Harnsberger in 2022

Ben Charles in 2017

Bonnie Whiting in 2020

Other Links:

Nief-Norf

Caroline Vaughan-Richards

Sophie Mathieu

Mayke Nas

Wouter Snoei

Mark Ramirez

UTRGV faculty

John Kilkenny

Tony Edwards

Angelo Favis

“Immigrant Song” - Led Zeppelin

School of Rock trailer

“The National Anthem” - Radiohead

“Believer” = Imagine Dragons

Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps

Cavaliers 2016 Indoor “Lost Boys”

“Shadow Chasers” - Michael Burritt

Lost tv soundtracks

David Collier

“Fractalia” - Owen Clayton Condon

Matt James

Jonathan Bisesi

John Spirtas

“Reflections on the Nature of Water” - Jacob Druckman

“Burritt Variations” - Alejandro Viñao

“Mirage” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

Jerry Junkin

Blade Runner 2049 trailer

Rubber trailer

Dune - Frank Herbert

The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury

I, Robot - Isaac Asimov

“Crazy” - Le Sserafim

In Rainbows - Radiohead

The Bends - Radiohead

Monster - R.E.M.

Christopher O’Riley Plays Radiohead

Transplanted Roots Percussion Research Symposium

Raves:

Trampoline - The Mavericks

All Night Live, Volume 1 - The Mavericks

Los Angeles City College (CA) Professor of Music and Freelancer Kassandra Kocoshis stops by to talk about her PASIC50 Presentation on Cajón performance in Flamenco performance and how she came to love this genre of music (05:10), her job at LACC, how she got the job, freelancing in California, and working with the artist Ebi (19:50), growing up in Muncie (IN), her early musical experiences, working with Erwin Mueller at Ball State University while in high school, and her experiences traveling at a young age (53:30), her undergrad years at DePaul University (IL), encountering flamenco music during this time, and freelancing in Chicago after undergrad (01:06:45), heading to CalArts for her master’s and working with Gustavo Dudamel as his personal assistant (01:21:15), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on developing well-rounded percussionists, being a woman in the percussion field, bad impressions, Greek food, World Cup Soccer, great books, working with pop stars, and the artwork of Pablo Picasso (01:31:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2025 film 28 Years Later (01:50:10).

Kassandra Kocoshis links:

Kassandra Kocochis’s homepage

Previous Podcast guests mentioned:

Damon Grant in 2021

Erin Walker Bliss in 2024

Other Links:

Paco de Lucía

Ebi

Raul Pineda

Red Kite Sessions

Randy Gloss

Herb Alpert

Jennie Garth

Mona Tavakoli

Nikki Campbell

The Cortége

Erwin Mueller

Indiana Ambassadors of Music

Eric Millstein

Gustavo Dudamel

Ellen Reid

Sheila E. drum solo

Longman & Eagle

Rick Bayless

The Athenian Room

Life is Beautiful trailer

The Producers trailer (2005)

American Gods - Neil Gaiman

Circe - Madeline Miller

Museo Reina Sofia

Guernica - Pablo Picasso

Raves:

28 Days Later trailer

Philadelphia-based Educator, Drumset Artist, Content Creator and Freelancer Nick Costa stops by to talk about his PASIC50 Presentation (with Marc Dicciani) on effective drumset practicing (04:45), his work as a classroom music teacher, teaching group drum lessons, being a member of the PAS Drumset Committee, and creating content on TikTok and YouTube on drumset performance and restoration (19:45), his freelancing career and working within the drumset industry (41:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on getting away from the “tyranny of tradition”, great movies and books, cars, and Philadelphia sports and food (01:22:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2012 film The Master (01:53:40).

Nick Costa links:

Nick Costa’s website

Nick Costa’s YouTube page

Nick Costa’s TikTok page

Previous Podcast Guest mentioned:

Sarah Hagan in 2019

Other Links:

Marc Dicciani

Buddy Rich

Vinnie Colaiuta

“Undone: The Sweater Song” - Weezer

Dave Elitch

“Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” - AC/DC

Practically Single

That Thing You Do! trailer

Modern Suits

American Idiot at the 2010 Tony’s

Brian Frasier-Moore

George “Spanky” McCurdy

Lil John Roberts

Christian McBride

Villanova 2018 men’s basketball

Marci Major

Chris Hanning

Bruce Jacoby

Tommy Aldridge

Mike Packer

Joey Jordison

Alex Van Halen

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990 trailer

My Cousin Vinny trailer

Goodfellas trailer

Breath - James Nestor

Wim Hof Method

Allen Iverson highlights

2017 Eagles Super Bowl

Angelo’s Pizzeria South Philly

Reading Terminal Market

Alpen Rose

Pinocchio’s Restaurant

Catching The Big Fish - David Lynch

Raves:

The Master trailer